BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 75 (Nielsen)
As Introduced July 6, 2011
Majority vote
TRANSPORTATION 11-1 APPROPRIATIONS 10-1
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|Ayes:|Bonnie Lowenthal, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, |
| |Jeffries, Achadjian, | |Bradford, |
| |Blumenfield, Buchanan, | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| |Eng, Galgiani, Logue, | |Gatto, Mitchell, Nielsen, |
| |Miller, Portantino, | |Solorio, Wagner |
| |Solorio | | |
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|Nays:|Norby |Nays:|Norby |
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SUMMARY : Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 5 as the
California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Charles T. Smith
Memorial Highway. Specifically, this bill :
1)Recounts the life and career of CHP Officer Charles Smith, who
was killed in the line of duty.
2)Designates the westbound segment of SR 5 between County Road
25 and County Road 7 in Glenn County as the CHP Officer
Charles T. Smith Memorial Highway.
3)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to
determine the costs of erecting the appropriate signs,
consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway
system, showing this special designation, and upon receiving
donations from non-state sources covering the cost, to erect
those signs.
EXISTING LAW : Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating
and maintaining state highways. This includes the installation
and maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : Charles Taylor Smith was born April 9, 1928 in
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Denison, Texas, and graduated from the CHP Academy in 1952 after
serving two years as a military policeman with the United States
Marine Corps (USMC). Upon graduation, CHP Officer Taylor was
assigned to the El Centro Area, where he served his entire four
year career. During a routine traffic stop for a speeding
violation on September 9, 1956, Officer Smith was shot in the
back three times by the speeding vehicle's passenger while
frisking the driver. Both suspects were absent without leave
from the USMC and engaged in a crime spree. Although mortally
wounded, Officer Smith returned fire and fatally shot both
suspects.
Officer Smith is remembered as a hard-working, dedicated officer
who loved his job, as well as a proud husband and father. He is
survived by his wife, daughter, siblings, and two grandchildren.
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
FN: 0002698